Why there won’t be an early British general election (probably)

Making predictions in politics is often a fool’s errand but never more so than with the date of a British general election. That’s because, barring a political earthquake, the choice is almost entirely in the power of one person — the current British prime minister (and Conservative Party leader) Rishi Sunak. We can speculate as to what he will do but, rightly or otherwise, it is…